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How to make Hot Chocolate without using Heat || NOURISH

Right now I am living in a house where we have no means of cooking. Well, sort of. There is a steamer and a rice cooker but those take way too long to make hot chocolate, and there are nights when I just want a hot cup of cocoa. Luckily I’ve got a Vitamix in the house so I don’t even need to use heat when I want a hot drink, I can just use friction.

I love making hot chocolate in the Vitamix because it takes me less time really. I made sure to count this time it only took me 2 minutes until it was hot and steamy. If you want this to be frothy and and creamy, I suggest adding maybe 2 Tbs of soaked cashews make it thicker. This is just a version that has less fat it in compared to normal hot cocoa because I used powdered peanut butter which has less fat than regular peanut butter and doesn’t have the oily-ness of peanut butter. I use cashews when I don’t have powdered peanut butter though, or just soy milk and lessen the water.

If you don’t have a Vitamix… You can just switch the cacao nibs for cocoa powder probably and heat everything on a stove top or just mix it all with hot water. It should work. Also take note that this serving is for a MerMonkey which means it serves probably 4 people because I eat for a family of 4 hungry humans.

If you like cold drinks, you can blend this until smooth then serve it with ice, or blend it with have of the water until smooth then add some ice to the blender until you’ve got your desired consistency. There are many different ways to enjoy this, really.

Hot Cocoa with Peanut Butter and Cinnamon

Ingredients:

3 Tbs Cacao Nibs

7 Tbs Coconut Sugar

3 Tbs Powdered Peanut Butter

3- 3 1/2 Cups Water

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

Instructions:

Place all the ingredients into the Vitamin Blender and blend until smoooooooth, or follow the other instructions I wrote above.

Total time blending until hot:2-3 minutes

If you don’t have a Vitamix and want to get one for your kitchen, you can check them out here or here.